MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 34.72,-102.01 Latitude: 34.72 Longitude: -102.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 89 1 950 547 2 900 1027 SFC 890 1129 25.6 20.3 73 5.3 21.8 107 13 308.9 312.1 298.9 360.9 17.13 4 850 1529 21.2 19.2 88 2.0 19.8 112 19 308.3 311.5 298.5 358.8 16.65 5 800 2052 18.0 17.5 97 0.5 17.7 155 17 310.3 313.3 298.5 358.9 15.91 6 750 2608 17.7 13.3 75 4.4 14.7 225 17 315.8 318.3 298.0 356.2 12.94 7 700 3195 14.6 2.0 43 12.5 7.3 271 16 318.6 319.8 294.0 338.9 6.35 8 650 3815 9.9 -9.8 24 19.6 0.9 310 19 320.1 320.7 291.5 329.4 2.80 9 600 4472 3.6 -11.5 32 15.2 -2.9 306 21 320.3 320.8 291.5 329.1 2.63 10 550 5169 -3.1 -12.0 50 9.0 -6.7 302 24 320.5 321.0 291.6 329.6 2.76 11 500 5915 -7.7 -35.5 9 27.8 -13.7 312 29 323.6 323.7 290.3 325.0 0.37 12 450 6727 -12.2 -41.6 7 29.4 -17.4 321 38 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.7 0.22 13 400 7616 -18.5 -48.9 5 30.4 -22.4 322 42 330.9 330.9 292.1 331.3 0.11 14 350 8599 -25.0 -51.8 6 26.9 -27.7 331 57 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.5 0.09 15 300 9702 -32.5 -52.9 11 20.3 -34.1 331 65 339.5 339.6 294.3 339.9 0.09 16 250 10963 -41.2 -62.3 8 21.1 -42.1 326 60 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.04 17 200 12443 -51.8 -70.0 10 18.2 -52.2 318 47 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.02 18 150 14259 -63.1 -80.1 8 17.0 -63.2 325 37 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.00 19 100 16707 -67.9 -85.3 7 17.4 -68.1 7 6 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5825.50 m Freezing level: 572.84 mb = 4850.83 m = 15914.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.02 mb = 3968.06 m = 13018.42 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.03 % Est. max temperature: 32.82 C = 91.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 824.11 mb = 1795.86 m = 5891.86 ft T: 19.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.20 C/km ThetaE index: 29.79 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.39 mb = 2048.14 m = 6719.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.95 C = 80.51 F Cap Strength: 2.29 C Lifted Index: -7.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.58 C Showalter Index: -7.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.83 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.94 C Cross Totals Index: 26.90 C K Index: 35.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 432.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2639.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 77.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 812.78 mb = 1915.41 m = 6284.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 657.78 mb = 3715.73 m = 12190.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 157.78 mb = 13939.33 m = 45732.15 ft B at Equ Level: 2632.49 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.7 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 332.7 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 358.4 neg: -5.5 tot: 352.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 117.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.46 Bulk Rich Number: 12.80 Bulk Shear: 206.17 m/s